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Fregatidae (frigatebird)
Taxonomy
Fregatidae was named by Garrod (1874). It is extant.
It was assigned to Fregatae by Olson (1977), Olson (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Steganopodes by Mayr (2005) and Bourdon et al. (2005); to Fregatoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1975), Kurochkin (2000), Olson and Matsuoka (2005) and Stidham (2015); and to Suliformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Mayr (2022).
It was assigned to Fregatae by Olson (1977), Olson (1985) and Carroll (1988); to Steganopodes by Mayr (2005) and Bourdon et al. (2005); to Fregatoidea by Livezey and Zusi (2007); to Aequornithes by Mayr (2011); to Pelecaniformes by Olson (1975), Kurochkin (2000), Olson and Matsuoka (2005) and Stidham (2015); and to Suliformes by del Hoyo et al. (2014), Clements et al. (2017) and Mayr (2022).
Subtaxa
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1874 | Fregatidae Garrod |
| 1975 | Fregatidae Olson p. 22 |
| 1977 | Fregatidae Olson p. 2 |
| 1985 | Fregatidae Olson p. 201 |
| 1988 | Fregatidae Carroll |
| 2000 | Fregatidae Kurochkin p. 551 |
| 2005 | Fregatidae Bourdon et al. p. 166 |
| 2005 | Fregatidae Mayr p. 67 |
| 2005 | Fregatidae Olson and Matsuoka p. 2 |
| 2007 | Fregatidae Livezey and Zusi p. 91 |
| 2011 | Fregatidae Mayr p. 73 figs. Figure 5 |
| 2014 | Fregatidae del Hoyo et al. |
| 2015 | Fregatidae Stidham |
| 2017 | Fregatidae Clements et al. |
| 2022 | Fregatidae Mayr p. 119 figs. Fig. 7.1 |
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If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.
Fm. Fregatidae Garrod 1874 [frigatebird]
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G. Fregata Lacépède 1799
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Fregata andrewsi Matthews 1914 [Christmas frigatebird]
Fregata aquila Linnaeus 1758 [Ascension frigatebird]
Fregata ariel Gray 1845 [Lesser frigatebird]
Fregata magnificens Mathews 1914 [Magnificent frigatebird]
Fregata minor Gmelin 1789 [Great frigatebird]
G. †Limnofregata Olson 1977
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†Limnofregata azygosternon Olson 1977
†Limnofregata hasegawai Olson and Matsuoka 2005
†Limnofregata hutchisoni Stidham 2015
Invalid names: Fregatinae Garrod 1784 [empty], Limnofregatinae Olson 1977 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available